Today, I’ve had some problems with an update of the Update Manager.
If you encounter an error during the upgrade this is what you can do:
Open a terminal and run the following commands:
My apologies for the inconvenience!
In preparation of Debian Stretch becoming the next stable we decided to make some changes in the SolydXK specific configuration packages which means that the following packages are now obsolete:
They are being replaced by these packages:
When these new packages are successfully installed, the old system-adjusmtents packages will be removed with the next boot or you can safely remove it manually by the following command:
or
SolydK users might want to remove these packages unless you are using the provided icon theme and want to keep using these icons:
They were replaced by these packages:
During this update the entry for the solydxk repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list file will be changed to:
This will prevent your system to automatically upgrade to Debian Stretch when we switch the default SolydXK repository from solydxk-8 to solydxk-9 for Stretch. You can decide whenever you are ready for the upgrade by simply changing the sources.list file. We will provide a howto when that time comes.
As you can see we created the next stable SolydXK repository called solydxk-9. This repository will contain the same files as our current solydxk-8 repository but with some specific packages added for the next release based on Debian Stretch. I’ve recently started a topic on our forum where people can try out the alpha releases of these ISOs. They are under heavy development and by far ready from being used as a production system but if you want to have a peek on what’s coming next and want to help out debugging, here’s the link: https://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=6781
If you have any problems with this update, please visit our forum and post your question there: https://forums.solydxk.com
Belze has made the Italian localized 64-bit ISOs available for download!
Go get them here: https://solydxk.com/downloads/localized-editions
Lufilte has made the Portuguese localized ISOs available as 64-bit and 32-bit downloads!
Go get them here: https://solydxk.com/downloads/localized-editions
I’ve also removed the previous German and Italian localized ISOs until the new versions are available.
The main site was unavailable for a couple of hours but is now up again.
The down time was caused by failed caching. The corrupt cached files were then served to the visitor who only saw random characters. This seems to be solved now but if you find anything unusual about the site, please let me know.
About a month ago, it was on Christmas day, I called for help and asked for a donation so we can continue this beautiful project.
Your gifts resulted in a total amount of $498 or €467.
With the raised money we are able to pay for this year’s server costs.
This year there will be a lot to do. If all goes to plan, Debian will release Stretch as the new stable and SolydXK will follow as soon as possible after that. Of course, only after everything is done to the standard everybody is used to. Another major change is something we normally do not worry much about. Our repository is running on old Squeez and needs to be upgraded badly. The plan is to upgrade as soon as Stretch becomes stable. During that time the old server will continue to work until the new one has been tested thoroughly. When the time comes I will let you all know.
I want to thank everybody who donated to SolydXK. Without your financial help this project couldn’t continue. I also want to thank everybody who help making this operating system as good as it is and making the forum a good place to be for both experienced users and newcomers alike.
Have a good year and hope to see you soon on the forum!
Best regards,
Arjen Balfoort
Founder SolydXK
Balloon has made the Japanese localized ISOs available as 64-bit and 32-bit downloads!
Go get them here: https://solydxk.com/downloads/localized-editions
If you’re in Japan, you can get them here: https://osdn.net/projects/solydxk/releases
OSDisc.com has been so kind to provide SolydXK on DVD or USB Flash drive.
You can not only choose for the official 64-bit versions but also the 32-bit community editions are included.
You can order your DVD or USB Flash drive here: https://www.osdisc.com/products/linux/solydxk
The ISOs are fully updated and numerous bugs were resolved. These editions do deserve their naming: they are incredibly solid!
The localized Dutch version is available for download as are the 32-bit community editions. The other community editions and localized editions will follow later. I will post the release of those editions as soon as they are ready. I’ll leave the previous versions for download until then.
There are now two mirrors available and I will update the mirrors list as soon as they have synchronized.
Important: if your SolydXK system has been fully updated you won’t need to download and install these ISOs.
You can find more information, and download the ISOs on our product pages:
SolydX: https://solydxk.com/downloads/solydx/
SolydK: https://solydxk.com/downloads/solydk/
SolydX RPI: https://solydxk.com/downloads/solydx-rpi/
For any questions or issues, please visit our forum: http://forums.solydxk.com/
Some users complained that Paypal’s payment page wasn’t in English but in Dutch. For some reason that made it difficult to complete the donation 😉
Now, I encourage you all to start learning Dutch of course, but before you do, I’ve changed the donation plugin and now all should be in English again.
Let me know if you have problems with the donation page: https://solydxk.com/contribute/donate/